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Cards Term Politics Definition Deciding who gets what, when and how Term Politcal Science Definition the study of politics: who governs, for what ends, and by what means Term Goverment Definition orginization extending to the whole society that can legitmately use force to carry out its decisions Term Externalties Definition costs imposed on people who are not direct participants in an activity Term income transfers Definition goverment transfers of income from tas payers to persons regarded as deserving Term Free market Definition free competition for volutory exchange among individuals, firms, and corporations Term Gross domstic Definition The dollar sum of all the goods and services produced in a nation in a year Term limited goverment Definition principle that goverment power over the individual is limited, that there are some personal liberties that even a majority cannot regulated and taht goverment itself is restrained by law Term totmlitarianism Definition rule by an elite that exercises unlimited power over indivuduals in all aspects of life Term direct democracy Definition goverment system in which every person participates actively in ever public decision rather than delegating decisions making to representiatives Term Democratic ideals Definition individual dignity,equality before the law, widespread participation in publicions, and public decisions by majority rule, with one person having one vote Term elitism Definition theory that all socities, even demorcracies are divided into the few who govern and many who do not Term pluralism Definition theory that democracy can be achieved through competition among multiple organized groups and that individuals can participate in politics through group memberships and elections Term public goods Definition goods and services that cannot readily be provided by markets eighter because they are too expensive for a single individual to buy or because if one person bought them every one else would use them with out paying. Term representative democracy Definition governing system in which public decisons making is delegated to representatives of the people chosen by popular vote in free open and periodic elections Term legitimacy Definition widespread aceptance of something as necessary rightfuly and legally binding Term social contract Definition idea that goverment originates as an implied contract among individuals who agree to obey laws in exchange for protection of their rights Term paradox of democracy Definition potential for conflict between individual freedom and majority rule